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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Here's the latest in the Living Room Concerts series. Part four - "I Try to Be"

Lyrics are below...

"I Try to Be"

I don't know what to say, I don't know where to goWith all the lovely ladies I meet out on the roadIt's painfully obvious each time I try to speakI ain't no Casanova, though I try to be.

I go out to the club, I sit down at the barOld friends come talking at me, I don't know who they areI smile and nod politely though I got no memoryI ain't no Merriam-Webster, though I try to be

It seems that every time I sit and write a songEvery other line starts to sound like Elton JohnI'd be flattered to keep such company, butI ain't no Amadeus, though I try to be

I thank you all for sitting here and listening to my tuneI didn't change your religion, didn't see no ladies swoonWe're all just out here drinking, we're one big familyCause we ain't no proselytizers, and we don't pretend to be

Come down front and have a beer, your first one is on meWe're all best friends tonight, 'least till that clock strikes three.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Here's a new song of mine. Come out to the Dry Bean on October 29 to see it with the band! Here's the video. The lyrics are below.

“Girl of My Dreams”

I learned my lesson about taking adviceFrom Friday friends—next time I'm gonna think twiceI’ve heard some rumblings of you messing aroundWith the guys downtown—how very nice

The same old echos I heard time and again, like“You’ll love this girl,” and “man I swear she’s a ten”Now I find out that it all just dependsOn whether you’re out or whether you’re in

Now I’m all alone in this this wide world, trying to find another girlto fill the void you left in my mindI guess I’ll just have to wait another day before she finally comes my wayAnd leaves you others far behindThe girl of my dreams so hard to find

I guess it started near the end of JulyIt was first time I noticed things were going awryUp til then I guess we never had foughtI guess I never had thought of asking why

The little hints I thought I’d misunderstoodI never hollered—I thought I never wouldVerbal aggression never came to no goodBut now I need the release, and I think that it could

'Cause I’m all alone in this this wide world, trying to find another girlto fill the void you left in my mindI guess I’ll just have to wait another day before she finally comes my wayAnd leaves you others far behindThe girl of my dreams so hard to find

It never seemed so wrong—did it nowTo string me out alongIn all honesty I guess I can’t be madAnd truth be told I’m glad

That I’m all alone in this this wide world, trying to find another girlto fill the void you left in my mindI guess I’ll just have to wait another day before she finally comes my wayAnd leaves you others far behindThe girl of my dreams so hard to find

Monday, September 13, 2010

I have just remembered how an old song of mine goes that I haven't been able to place for over a year. For some reason, it just popped into my head! It's a tune about trying as a musician to keep life and stage separate. I have to write a little more for it to be finished, but I am still ecstatic that I've remembered how it goes :) Here are the lyrics I have so far...

I love to feel you breathe at nightShallow breaths with just the slightest hint of laughterYou lie alone

Without a sound you leaveBefore the sunlight even floods the hallAway from home

The coffee pot is empty, but the smell still fills the airI feel your gaze behind me you're not there anywhere

I work the scene, I play my keysIt always seems so easy when you're with metonight you're gone

I want to play my heartBut all they want for their part is rock and pop and discoI sing their songs

But every note I play them is a lie they can't perceiveAll I really want to do is cry, oh lord I want to leave.

I crawl in bed beside you while the moon hangs in the skyThe darkness tries to hide you in the night, but I feel right